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Greta Kelly's The Throwaways Excerpt
Greta Kelly's spy thriller The Throwaways reveals a KGB secret and a deadly doll threat in a family feud.
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Greta Kelly's spy thriller The Throwaways reveals a KGB secret and a deadly doll threat in a family feud. Greta Kelly's spy thriller The Throwaways exposes a KGB secret and a deadly doll threat in a family feud. Originally reported by ScreenRant.
The Throwaways
Greta Kelly steps into a new genre with a dark spy thriller featuring three generations of women.
“The Throwaways is a dark, funny thriller with an edge, eaturing three generations of sharp-tongued women, a decades-old KGB secret, and a creepy doll that signals deadly trouble is on the way.”
The Calloway Family
The Calloway women are known for Olympic-level banter, an inexplicable fear of dolls, and a talent for keeping secrets.
“The Calloway women are known for their Olympic-level banter, an inexplicable fear of dolls, and a talent for keeping secrets.”
Aster's Secret
Aster sells her grandmother's Fabergé music box to fund her mother's mayoral campaign, unknowingly exposing a KGB secret.
“Aster Calloway sells her grandmother’s Fabergé music box to help fund her mother’s mayoral campaign, she unknowingly exposes a list of names that has protected her grandmother Iris, a defected KGB operative, and her descendants for forty years.”
Iris's Shop
Iris runs a vintage antique shop in Seven Devils, where she encounters Tiffany Harden, a political operative.
“I smiled down at the coffee cup cradled in my hands, admiring the flowers my granddaughter had painted on the mug.”
Tiffany's Threat
Tiffany Harden, a political operative, threatens Iris with a private investigator to uncover family secrets.
“Tiffany Harden... I have to do what’s best for the town. The people need to understand that they aren’t voting for candidates, but for the soul of Seven Devils.”
The Past
Iris recalls a traumatic event from twenty years ago when her daughter Poppy and Tiffany were involved in a fatal accident.
“It was an accident, according to the children, though the Woods family always laid the blame at Poppy’s feet.”
The Doll Warning
A creepy doll signals deadly danger, with Iris realizing her granddaughter Aster has hacked her security system.
“The doll is a warning from an old friend.”
Aster's Hack
Aster hacks Iris's security system using a zombie on the network, revealing a Fabergé music box worth fifteen million dollars.
“The Rusalka music box was made in 1882 as a gift from Tsar Alexander III to his youngest child, Olga Alexandrovna.”
The Security System
Iris discovers Aster has hacked her security system, with the music box containing dangerous information.
“The box itself is worth at least fifteen million dollars.”
The Assassin
An assassin arrives at Iris's shop, threatening her and her family with a deadly attack.
“I’ve got a package for you... Are you Iris Calloway?”
The Fight
Iris fights the assassin with sewing shears and a candlestick, but is overwhelmed by his strength.
“I drove the pencil straight through the meat of his inner wrist and felt the satisfying pop of punctured flesh.”
The Escape
Poppy swings a golf club, dislocating the assassin's knee and saving Iris's life.
“She’d swung a golf club straight into his knee. There was a pop of dislocated bone, and he bellowed, half collapsing onto me.”
The Threat
Aster's actions reveal a KGB secret, with the music box containing dangerous information.
“The information inside it is going to get us all killed if we don’t get it back.”
The Family
Iris and Poppy confront the family's past, with Iris revealing the truth about the KGB secret.
“I’ll tell you everything.”
The Doll
A creepy doll signals deadly danger, with Iris realizing her granddaughter Aster has hacked her security system.
“The doll is a warning from an old friend.”
The Resolution
Iris and Poppy survive the attack, with the KGB secret still a threat to their family.
“We’ll have to figure out how to keep the family safe.”
The headline
Greta Kelly's spy thriller The Throwaways exposes a KGB secret and a deadly doll threat in a family feud.
